Working Bibliography
Asha McWilliams
Topic: I would like to write my paper on the impact of Puritan ideas and the evolution of early evidence presented in court, with an emphasis on the Salem Witch Trials.
Secondary Sources
Latner, Richard B. "The Long and Short of Salem Witchcraft: Chronology and Collective Violence in 1692." Journal of Social History 42, no. 1 (2008): 137-156. http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=0&sid=2d94ea2f-15f0-49db-98c8-085aaafbe5e8%40sessionmgr4007.
Latner provides a general overview of the Salem Witch Trials. The author touches on specific incidents and provides descriptions showing how the accusations occurred over many brief periods. This source, therefore, serves as a general outline of …show more content…
"New England's Other Witch-Hunt: The Hartford Witch-Hunt of the 1660s and Changing Patterns in Witchcraft Prosecution." OAH Magazine of History 17, no. 4 (2003): 16-20. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25163616.
Woodward’s analysis serves as an effective comparison to the prosecution of the Salem Witch Trials. Furthermore, this source helps to illustrate the evolution of legal ideas and notes what caused the major shift in New England legal thought to occur.
Bellefontaine, Edgar J. and Newman, R. Constantine. "The Early History of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court." Supreme Judicial Court Historical Society Journal 2 (1996): 95-122. http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/malghis2&start_ page=95&collection=journals&id=121.
The authors analyze the reasoning behind the development of the Massachusetts court system. Notably, they touch on revisiting the Salem Witch Trials and how the trials were brought to an end in an effort to improve the court system. Therefore, this source aids in tracking the evolution of legal ideology.
Primary Sources
Hall, Kermit L., Paul Finkleman, and James W. Ely, Jr. The Salem Witch Trials. In American Legal History: Cases and Materials, 69-71. Fourth ed. New York: Oxford University Press,
Asha McWilliams
Topic: I would like to write my paper on the impact of Puritan ideas and the evolution of early evidence presented in court, with an emphasis on the Salem Witch Trials.
Secondary Sources
Latner, Richard B. "The Long and Short of Salem Witchcraft: Chronology and Collective Violence in 1692." Journal of Social History 42, no. 1 (2008): 137-156. http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=0&sid=2d94ea2f-15f0-49db-98c8-085aaafbe5e8%40sessionmgr4007.
Latner provides a general overview of the Salem Witch Trials. The author touches on specific incidents and provides descriptions showing how the accusations occurred over many brief periods. This source, therefore, serves as a general outline of …show more content…
"New England's Other Witch-Hunt: The Hartford Witch-Hunt of the 1660s and Changing Patterns in Witchcraft Prosecution." OAH Magazine of History 17, no. 4 (2003): 16-20. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25163616.
Woodward’s analysis serves as an effective comparison to the prosecution of the Salem Witch Trials. Furthermore, this source helps to illustrate the evolution of legal ideas and notes what caused the major shift in New England legal thought to occur.
Bellefontaine, Edgar J. and Newman, R. Constantine. "The Early History of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court." Supreme Judicial Court Historical Society Journal 2 (1996): 95-122. http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/malghis2&start_ page=95&collection=journals&id=121.
The authors analyze the reasoning behind the development of the Massachusetts court system. Notably, they touch on revisiting the Salem Witch Trials and how the trials were brought to an end in an effort to improve the court system. Therefore, this source aids in tracking the evolution of legal ideology.
Primary Sources
Hall, Kermit L., Paul Finkleman, and James W. Ely, Jr. The Salem Witch Trials. In American Legal History: Cases and Materials, 69-71. Fourth ed. New York: Oxford University Press,